What is your opinion of fitting a watermaker and a high-charge acceptance batteries?
In order to lighten the boat and provide sufficient storage space it would be good to reduce space and weight taken by water tanks and batteries. For example, if 2 days usage of water can be produced by a watermaker every 2 days, only enough water for 2 days needs to be carried, which on many boats would allow one water tank to be turned into storage space. The reason many boats carry a large number of heavy batteries is to reduce the charge interval that requires running the engine for hours every couple of days, the large number of batteries is required because standard deep cycle lead-acid batteries do not charge quickly, and so the engine must be run for long periods to charge them fully. New battery technology has made batteries available which can accept a much higher rate of charge, and thus reduce the charging time.
